Armed conflict negatively affects women, particularly owing to gender-specific vulnerabilities. This negative impact of armed conflict on women is not recognized or addressed by the mainstream, for the perceptions about conflict and post-conflict reconstruction programmes are usually gender...

Sixty years ago Secretary of State George Marshall revolutionized American foreign policy when he called on the United States to come to the aid of war-torn Europe. In this book, the author explores how the Marshall Plan, with its combination of diplomacy and pragmatism, and provides valuable...